Welcome to The Museum of Unnatural Curiosity! Or a Museum. The Museum you happen to be visiting may manifest itself in many different ways. In an attempt to categorize all its variations, we have devised the following scales:

• Academic interest
  
• Beauty
  
• Morbidity
  
• Controversy
  
• Insanity

Every item which a given manifestation of the Museum happens to contain contributes to these scales. In turn, it is possible to use these scales to predict the reception which a given Museum will receive when it opens in its particular iteration of The City of Keys.

There are many items from throughout the House which may be on display in the Museum.

While the Museum is capable of holding any number of exhibits and can continue expanding indefinitely, at some point the Curator will decide that their Museum is complete and ready to open. In order to ensure sufficient interest, there must be enough exhibits to raise the combined Academic Interest, Beauty, and Morbidity to 200.

It is also worth observing that highly controversial museums (Controversy > 40) have been observed to include exhibits lauding the Governor, in an attempt to curry favor and avoid arrest and closure. When done successfully, these exhibits increase completion by 5% and reduce Controversy by 20, but also reduce Academic Interest by 10. They also increase the Curator's reputation in the City of Keys by 1. When they are not successful, the Curator junks them and nothing changes.

The inspectors have also been known to take hefty bribes (500g) to ignore a few exhibits (Controversy -10).

When a given Museum opens its doors, a number of things have been observed to happen:

1. If the Governor is unhappy (Controversy > 60), he will send his Man to shut down the museum.
   
2. If the Museum is a focus point for madness (Insanity > 90), things go crazy. (Distinction: Curator of the Wandering Museum, x1 Bleak Fable, +6 Insight, +6 Esoterica, +6 Guile, -1 Stability: The City of Keys, -10 Reputation: The City of Keys)
   
3. Otherwise, determine which remaining category is the highest, among Academic Interest, Beauty, Insanity, and Morbidity.
   
   • Insanity: Things still go crazy.
     
   • Academic Interest: The Museum is a huge success. (+10 Reputation: The City of Keys, +10 Esoterica, Distinction: Curator of Enlightenment, monthly profits)
     
   • Beauty: The Museum is a huge success. (+8 Reputation: The City of Keys, +2 Reptuation: Cities of Angels, Knives, Masks, Bridges, Engines, +10 Spirit, Distinction: Curator of a Grand Exhibition, monthly profits)
     
   • Morbidity: The Museum is a moderate success. (+10 Reputation: The City of Keys, monthly profits) It also becomes haunted. (Distinction: Curator of the Macabre, x1 Disquieting Incident, +10 Insight)

Additionally, in the circumstances where the Governor does not shut down the Museum and the Museum doesn't go wandering, a Philosophy Engine has been observed being delivered to the curator after the opening.